Pontiac vs Rochester Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Pontiac and Rochester Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Pontiac and Rochester Hills are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rochester Hills has the higher population (76,086 vs 61,914 in Pontiac). Rochester Hills has the higher median household income ($119,054 vs $42,791 in Pontiac). Rochester Hills has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $110,600 in Pontiac).

Population, income & housing

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
Population	61,914	76,086
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,791	$119,054
Median home value	$110,600	$377,400
Median gross rent	$1,007	$1,606
Housing units	28,276	30,568
Homeownership rate	44.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
Population	59,955 → 61,914 (+3.3%)	74,206 → 76,086 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$33,568 → $42,791 (+27.5%)	$93,953 → $119,054 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $110,600 (+64.8%)	$295,000 → $377,400 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$815 → $1,007 (+23.6%)	$1,287 → $1,606 (+24.8%)

Pontiac

Population

59,95561,914

Median household income

$33,568$42,791

Median home value

$67,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$815$1,007

Rochester Hills

Population

74,20676,086

Median household income

$93,953$119,054

Median home value

$295,000$377,400

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.4%
75 and over	4.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	73.3%
Black or African American	46.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.7%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
No high school diploma	18.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	35.0%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
Drove alone	73.2%	70.8%
Carpooled	16.3%	5.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.1%	20.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
1-unit, detached	61.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	10.8%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Pontiac	Rochester Hills
Poverty rate	25.6%	4.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1960	1983